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Tarp furling attachments...

Ive been thinking about this since watching Shugs video and Barefoot Child sending me ideas about how to incorporate a reefing system into the TRL. I knew these existed... just havent had a chance to get out and find them.

They are velcro wire tires. Used mainly for bundling all your AV wires together. The nice thing is they stay on the line because of their design. They are 8" long and .5" wide.

Ive figured 5 is a good number for a TRL, and 5 come in right around 4.5 grams of weight.

I think this is a better solution to cord and knots because its faster and the weight penalty is about the same as using cord.

Reefing, as I understand it, is when you shorten sail, leaving part of the sail exposed to the wind. Furling is when the sail is lowered completely, and secured to the boom.

Maybe some of the blow boat types can comment.

OG's got it right, though flaking a sail on a boom is not the requirement of furling--simply dousing the sail and putting it to order does. When flaked on a boom, those velcro deals look much like the "gaskets,"- lines which tie the sail to the boom or yard. And finally, blow for running down wind, but with fore and aft rigs, when tacking we "suck."

OG's got it right, though flaking a sail on a boom is not the requirement of furling--simply dousing the sail and putting it to order does. When flaked on a boom, those velcro deals look much like the "gaskets,"- lines which tie the sail to the boom or yard. And finally, blow for running down wind, but with fore and aft rigs, when tacking we "suck."

I like them too. I have been using 5 lengths of Lash-it that are cowhitched to the ridgeline. I found out at Mt Shasta that they are cumbersome with gloves on. I was thinking about some type of velcro attachments. Do they stay in place pretty well or slide freely down the ridgeline?